Race: Conversations around race and racial justice

Here are the latest on the fight against racism, voices calling for racial justice and in-depth stories on communities of color and other racial issues from MPR News.

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February 16, 2022 12:23 PM

Basketball coach Tamara Moore blazes new path at Iron Range college

Two years ago, the former Minneapolis North basketball star and WNBA player was hired to coach the men's basketball team at Mesabi Range College — the only woman coaching a men's college program in the entire country at the time. Her first season was canceled because of COVID. Now she’s closing in on the end of her first season on the hardwood.

by Dan Kraker

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February 15, 2022 8:00 AM

A damaging love affair with the U.S. ends in heartbreak in 'Black American Refugee'

Tiffanie Drayton tells the story of coming to the U.S. as an immigrant child and discovering that no level of accomplishment would enable her to shake the burden of Blackness in this nation.

by Ericka Taylor

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February 11, 2022 4:00 AM

New theater production doesn't shy away from taking on serious issues

Coco’s Barrio began as a live performance show that’s part old time radio and part “Saturday Night Live.” But then the pandemic turned everything upside down. Now the show is a podcast.

by Vicki Adame

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February 11, 2022 4:00 AM

Latino businesses 'hanging in there' despite pandemic and unrest

A report released in December 2020 showed that 28 percent of Latino-owned businesses faced a reduction in available supplies.

by Vicki Adame

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February 8, 2022 10:47 PM

Abraham Galloway is the Black figure from the Civil War you should know about

Galloway escaped enslavement, became a Union spy and helped recruit thousands of Black soldiers to fight with the North, but his name has been largely left out of the Civil War narrative.

by Elizabeth Blair

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February 7, 2022 3:23 PM

Bomb threats against Black institutions are deeply rooted in U.S. history

"HBCUs are resilient institutions that will persist through all forms of adversity," the Congressional Bipartisan HBCU Caucus said after bomb threats earlier this month.

by The Associated Press

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February 3, 2022 2:03 PM

Why a 20-year effort by the NFL hasn't led to more minorities in top coaching jobs

The NFL's Rooney Rule set out to correct inequities at the top of pro football's hierarchy. But today, there are still few minorities in head coaching positions.

by Scott Neuman

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February 2, 2022 6:37 AM

Ex-Miami Dolphins coach Brian Flores accuses NFL of racial discrimination in lawsuit

Flores alleges that the league is "managed much like a plantation" charging that its 32 owners, none of whom are Black, profit from the labor of its players, 70 percent of whom are African American.

by Sharon Pruitt-Young and Jonathan Franklin

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February 1, 2022 2:40 PM

Toni Morrison's only short story is available in book form for the first time

The late Nobel laureate and novelist was known for her examination of the Black experience. "Recitatif" is about two girls, one Black and one white, but doesn't reveal which is which.

by Rachel Treisman